Titanic Belfast 'symbolises new Northern Ireland'

By
Ali May, London Correspondent

It took three years to build the ill-fated liner and three times that long to plan and construct the Titanic Belfast, a state-of-the-art museum dedicated to the ship, its workers and the people who lost their lives on it.

For decades after the disaster, the Titanic was not mentioned in Northern Ireland, but in recent years there has been a growing recognition that it was, in fact, one of the greatest vessels ever built.